Salary: $15.50 – $16.97 Hourly
Location : Carlsbad, CA
Job Type: Part-Time Hourly
Job Number: 050923
Department: Library & Cultural Arts
Opening Date: 05/09/2023
Closing Date: 6/2/2023 4:53 PM Pacific
The Position
Do you value the public library’s role in building communities and enriching lives? Are you detail oriented and have excellent organizational skills? Do you enjoy helping others? If so, the City of Carlsbad Library & Cultural Arts Department invites you to apply for the position of Library Page (Part-Time).
The scheduled work hours for Library Pages will vary and may be distributed over all hours that the Carlsbad Libraries are open, including evenings and weekends. In addition, Pages may be scheduled work up to two hours before the library opens.
About Carlsbad
The City of Carlsbad is ideally situated in north San Diego County where a great climate, beautiful beaches, lagoons, and abundant open space combine with world class resorts, well planned neighborhoods, a diverse business sector, and a charming village atmosphere to create the ideal California experience. Carlsbad’s 115,000 residents enjoy a healthy, outdoor lifestyle, appreciate high quality community services, and an excellent quality of life. Carlsbad is known for its strong financial health, with a AAA credit rating and solid cash reserves.
DEI
The City of Carlsbad embraces diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and recognizes the vital relationship of a culturally diverse, engaged work environment and innovative excellence. A diverse, equitable and inclusive work climate comprises personal experiences, values, and views shaped from differences of culture and circumstance. Our organization appreciates belonging, creativity, recognition and retention of its employees and is committed to hiring and developing motivated, productive and talented employees who provide services and enhance our quality of life. We work to embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our responsibility and goal.
About the Library:The Library & Cultural Arts Department of the City of Carlsbad provides educational, informational, and cultural services for the community, and contributes to a high quality of life by supporting lifelong learning, the pursuit of knowledge, and an environment conducive to community gathering. The Library & Cultural Arts Department operates three public facilities: the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane, the Georgina Cole Library, and the Library Learning Center. The department also includes the Cultural Arts division which presents public art throughout the community. The Carlsbad City Library is also home to the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, George and Patricia Gowland Meeting Room and the Cannon Art Gallery which support a variety of visual and performing arts programs, arts education and cultural arts services.
Currently, the only open Page positions are at the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane.
Key Responsibilities
- Shelve, sort, and shift library materials
- Conduct shelf searches and process holds
- Empty book drops and donation bins
- Assist patrons in the use of self-service technologies
- Transport books and other materials throughout the building
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Demonstrate excellent internal and external customer service
- Communicate clearly
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to push and maneuver heavy book carts
Experience & Education
Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would qualify.
Physical Requirements:
- Need to be able to operate equipment, including, but not limited to, some that may require rapid adjustments such as computer keyboards and terminals, printers and photocopiers
- Must be able to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing skilled movements such as rapid keyboard use
- Need to be able to perform frequent downward or upward flexion or turning of the neck, fine finger dexterity and grasp to manipulate the keyboard, telephone, writing instruments, papers, books, manuals and reports
- Job entails standing, bending, stooping, climbing, reaching at and above shoulders and twisting at the waist
- On a frequent basis, the incumbent must be able to squat or kneel
- Must be able to safely carry up to 40 pounds, and
- Must be able to safely pull and push book carts weighing at least 60 pounds
- This position may require exposure to the outdoors
- APPLE Savings Plan
- Employee Assistance Program:
- 24 hours of sick leave per fiscal year (July 1- June 30)
- Eligible to use after the first 90 days of work
Part time positions do not have benefits, and cannot exceed 980 hours in a fiscal year (July 1- June 30).
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The scheduled work hours for part-time Library Pages will vary and may be distributed over all hours the Carlsbad Libraries are open, including evenings and weekends. Please provide your current availability to work, listing each day of the week and the times available.
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- No
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Please provide an example of how you have demonstrated excellent customer service.
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Please describe a project or assignment in which you had to be extremely detailed and organized. How did you manage the experience? What was the result?
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Library Pages assist patrons with the self-check stations and may use mobile devices and other equipment. Please describe your experience using technology for yourself, and share any experience you may have in assisting others with technology.
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